now, deputy campaign manager stephan stephanie cutter defended the president, saying what he was trying to convey is that the nation is moving forward, but that there is still a lot of things that he still wants to get done. but i should point out, the president has used this before in terms of giving himself an incomplete grade before. most recently in may when he sat down with the ladies of "the view" on abc, used the very same grade when they asked him that question. but when you start saying that so close to the election, republicans are jumping all over this. we are seeing the rnc sending around a lot of e-mails. the romney campaign as well sending a lot of e-mails, saying this is evidence that the nation needs new leadership. >> so dan, just when you were saying that, that this colorado reporter, you know, went after the president on this whole notion of are you better off now than you were four years ago -- it's the every year campaign question, no matter what president is in office. but there were missteps over the weekend. there was a cleanup effort yesterday and now i'm gettin